diff --git a/tests/performance-jmh/src/main/java/org/apache/qpid/proton/codec/CompositeReadableBufferStringDecodeBenchmark.java b/tests/performance-jmh/src/main/java/org/apache/qpid/proton/codec/CompositeReadableBufferStringDecodeBenchmark.java
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
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+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.proton.codec;
+
+import java.nio.charset.CharacterCodingException;
+import java.nio.charset.CharsetDecoder;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Benchmark;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.BenchmarkMode;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Measurement;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Mode;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.OutputTimeUnit;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Scope;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Setup;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.State;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Warmup;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.infra.Blackhole;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.profile.GCProfiler;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.runner.Runner;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.runner.RunnerException;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.runner.options.Options;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.runner.options.OptionsBuilder;
+
+@State(Scope.Benchmark)
+@BenchmarkMode(Mode.AverageTime)
+@OutputTimeUnit(TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS)
+@Warmup(iterations = 5, time = 1)
+@Measurement(iterations = 5, time = 1)
+public class CompositeReadableBufferStringDecodeBenchmark {
+
+    private static final String PAYLOAD =
+          "0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789"
+        + "0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789"
+        + "0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789"
+        + "0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789"
+        + "0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789";
+
+    private static final String PAYLOAD_CHUNK =
+        "0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789";
+
+    private final CharsetDecoder charsetDecoder = StandardCharsets.UTF_8.newDecoder();
+
+    private CompositeReadableBuffer singleArrayString;
+    private CompositeReadableBuffer splitArrayString;
+
+    private Blackhole blackhole;
+
+    @Setup
+    public void init(Blackhole blackhole) {
+        this.blackhole = blackhole;
+
+        byte[] payload = PAYLOAD.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+        singleArrayString = new CompositeReadableBuffer();
+        singleArrayString.append(payload);
+
+        splitArrayString = new CompositeReadableBuffer();
+
+        byte[] payloadChunk = PAYLOAD_CHUNK.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+        for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+            splitArrayString.append(Arrays.copyOf(payloadChunk, payloadChunk.length));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Benchmark
+    public void decodeSingleArray() throws CharacterCodingException {
+        this.charsetDecoder.reset();
+        blackhole.consume(singleArrayString.readString(charsetDecoder));
+    }
+
+    @Benchmark
+    public void decodeMultiArray() throws CharacterCodingException {
+        this.charsetDecoder.reset();
+        blackhole.consume(splitArrayString.readString(charsetDecoder));
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws RunnerException {
+        runBenchmark(CompositeReadableBufferStringDecodeBenchmark.class);
+    }
+
+    public static void runBenchmark(Class<?> benchmarkClass) throws RunnerException {
+        final Options opt = new OptionsBuilder()
+            .include(benchmarkClass.getSimpleName())
+            .addProfiler(GCProfiler.class)
+            .shouldDoGC(true)
+            .warmupIterations(5)
+            .measurementIterations(5)
+            .forks(1)
+            .build();
+        new Runner(opt).run();
+    }
+}